Diz Watson - Diz-Connected (LMCD245) CD
Diz Watson is the Guv'nor when it comes to British boogie woogie piano - he's spent more than half a century singing funky blues, his left hand ensuring people dance - On Diz-Connected - his first new album in thirteen years - he mixes original compositions with the songs he loves - He's backed by a superb Danish band, British horn players Nick Pentelow and Nick Payn and his longtime percussionist, 95-year old Tony Uter - Tony's Jamaican-Cuban rhythms link Watson to Errol Dixon, Professor Longhair, Ruben Gonzalez and other legendary piano pioneers of the Caribbean world. Diz-Connected is a celebration of music and life - ENJOY!
1. Same Old Blues
2. I'd Do It All Again
3. Diz-Connected
4. Mess Around
5. Life
6. Marabu Blue
7. You Bring Out The Boogie In Me
8. That Old Piano
9. I'm On Fire
10. A Jockey Full Of Bourbon
11. Blue Gene Jump
12. Sailing On
13. Hotel Happiness
14. Yours Truly
15. Amora De Loca
16. Lovely Lene